Implement for threading embroidery-beads



R. O. TRUEB.

IMPLEMENT FOR THREADING EMBROIDERY BEADS.

APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 6.1918.

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IMPLEMENT FOR THB-EADING EMBROIDERY-BEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920 Application filed June 6, 1919. Serial No.302,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH O. TRU'EB, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Murray Hill Park, county of Umon, and State of NewJersey, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Implementsfor Threading Embroidery-Beads, of

- which the following is a full, clear, and

exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation of the implement constructed accordingto my invention; 7

Fig. 2 a side View thereof; g

Fig. 3 a sectional view on hne 3 3 lndl cated in Fig. 2 looking in thedirection of the arrow;

Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the implement inserted in the neck of aglass bottle, of the kind quite commonly used as a bead container, inposition for threading the beads;

Fig. 5 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of thethreading 1mplement. 7

' My invention relates to utensils for manufacture of bead embroideries.Embroidery beads are quite extensively used for embroldering,.beingsewnonto a fabric. They are sold generally packed in bottles closed by astopper. When the beads are to be used, the

beads are usually emptied upon a dish, from where the operator picksthem up by her needle. The unused beads are then again returned .to thecontainer. In the course of these operations much time and considerableproportion of the beads are lost.

The object of my invention is to avoid this loss of time, and of thebeads, and with this object in view my invention consists in devisingthe herein shown and-described mplement, adapted to be used inconnection with a container for embroidery beads to enable the beads tobe strung upon the thread, whereby the same is to be affixed to thefabric, without requiring a supply of beads to be removed from thecontainer, and, of course, also the trouble of returning the beads,remaining after the work is done, to

. the container, and the loss of the beads by spilling them in theoperation are avoided.

The implement shown in the accompanying drawing, is also designed to beused as a stopper for closing the o ening of a bead container, usuallyformed 1n the shape of a bottle, besides being so designed, that whenpartly drawn out, it permits the beads to be picked up therefrom by theoperators needle.

The implement, asshown in the drawings, is composed of the tubular parta and of the disk 6, aflixed on one end" thereof. The other end of thetubular part a is open. Both, the tube a and the disk 6, are slotted asshown. The slot 0 in the tubular part a is sufiiciently wide to passbeadsof the size as may be packed in the container 03 there'- through,but the slot 6 in the disk I; is only wide enough to admit a' needle.The size of the tubular part a corresponds to the opening of the beadcontainer (to fit into the'ne'ck of the bottle d) and is made of afairly resilient material. Near its open end the protuberances g, or an'annular enlargement of its circumference (see 9 in Fig. 5) are made,which necessitate compressing its open'en'd to pass it through the neckof the container d. The protuberances g, or the annular enlargement like9 shown in Fig. 5, then prevent the implement from being pulled outentirely.

'When the implement is partly drawn out, as, for instance, is shown inFig. 4, the beads 0 filled in the container d may be shifted into thetubular part 'a, when the same is turned so the slot 6 runs upward. Thenthe beads may be removed by passing a needle through the slot e in thedisk I), and

then by moving the needle upward; at each stroke some of the beads areimpaled on the needle f and are lifted out, through the slot 0, which,as explained, is wide enough to pass them. Only the beads impaled on theneedle are thus removed from the container (Z, andthese, or as many ofthem as wanted, may be strung on the thread h, threaded through the eyeof the needle 7. In this way the threading of the beads is effectedconveniently, rapidly, and without any loss.

Broadly considered, the container 03 is a member for covering the slot 0to prevent beads from falling out during the manipulation of theimplement. A person using the device will likely uncover as much of theslot 0 as required, the rest of the slot remaining covered by the member03.

The modified construction of the threading implement, shown in Fig. 5,difiers from that shown in Fig. 1, only in that the disk 7 b isconcaved, or funnel-shaped. The purpose ofthis modification is tofacilitate the finding of the slot e by the point of the ricedle, heldin the hand of the operator, without looking for it.

.of its position,

The threading implement serves also as a stopper as long as it remainsfully pushed in, into the container 03. While the implement is in thatposition, the beads will be kept confined in the container, irrespectivethe slot 6 in the disk 6 being narrower than the size of the beadspacked in the container (Z, as before explained.

I claim as my invention:

1. An implement for threading beads,

comprising a tube fitting into the opening or the container and having aslot sufliciently wide to permit the passage of the beads therethrough,a cover at the outer end of said tube, said cover being provided with aslot wide enough to admit a needle and narrow e nough to prevent thepassage of beads ,therethrough, the slots in said tube and Said coverbeing in alinement with each other,

and a member adjustably fitted over said "tube to cover and uncover saidfirst mentioned slot.

said tube being provided with two communi- 'cating slots, one of saidslots being wide enough to permit the passage of beads therethrough, theother slot being wide enough to admit a needle and narrow enough toprevent the passage of beads therethrough,

' said tube being of resilient material and provided with means whichengage the inner wall of the container to prevent accidental withdrawalof the tube from the container.

4:, An implement for threading beads, comprising a tube fitting into theopening of the container and having a slot sutliciently wide to permitthe passage of the ibeadstherethrough, a cover at the outer end of saidtube, sa1d cover having a recessed or concave portion provided with aslot in alinement with the slot in said tube, the slot in said coverbeing wide enough to admit a needle and narrow enough to prevent thepassage of beads therethrough, and a member adjustably fitted over saidtube to cover and uncover said first mentioned slot.

5. As a new article of manufacture for use in threading beads, a tubeadapted to contain beads and provided with a longitudinal slotsufiiciently wide to permit the passage of beads therethrough, one endof said tube being closed and provided with a slot wide enough to admita needle and narrow enough to prevent the passage of beads therethrough.

6. As a new article of manufacture for use in threading beads, a tubeadapted to contain beads and provided with a longitudinal slotsutliciently wide to permit the passage 01: beads therethrough, a coverat one end of said tube and provided with a recessed or concave portionhaving a slot in alinement with the slot in said tube, the slot in saidcover being wide enough to-admit a needle and narrow enough to preventthe passage of beads therethrough. V I

7. As a new article of manufacture'tor use in threading heads, a tube ofresilient material open at one end and closed at the other, said tubebeing provided with a 1ongitudinal slot sufficiently wide to permit thepassage of beads therethrough, protuberances near the open slotted endof said tube, said open slotted end of the tube being compressibletopermit the passage of said protuberances through the opening of abottle or like container for heads, the closed end of said tube beingprovided with a cover having a substantially radial slot communicatingwith the slot of the tube, the slot in said cover being wide enough toadmit a needle and narrow enough to prevent the passage of beadstherethrough.-

3. An implement comprising a bead container and a tube slidably fittinginto said head container, said tube having a longitudinal slotsufiiciently wide to permit the passage ofbeads therethrough', a coverat the outer end of saidtube and provided with a slot wide enough toadmit a needle and narrow enough to prevent the passage of beadstherethrough, said two slots communicating with each other, the cover onsaid tube forming a closure for said container when the tube is pushedin.

9. An implement for threading beads, comprising a bead container and atube slidable fitting into said bead container, said tube having alongitudinal slot sufiiciently wide to permit the passage of beadstherethrough, a cover at the outer end of said for threading beads tubeand provided with a slot wide enough to admit a needle and narrow enoughto pre-' vent the passage of beads therethrough, said two slotscommunicating with each other, the cover on said tube forming a closurefor said container when the tube is pushed in, and cooperating means onsaid container and said tube to prevent accidental withdrawal of thetube from the container. 7

' RUDOLPH O. TRUEB. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. SKINNER, LOUISE KELLER.

